jpdb beta

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

4

vulgar; crude; tacky

1

doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)

2

to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

1

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

1

to set up shop; to open a store

1

fashionable thing; popular thing; craze

1

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

4

last month

2

rakugan; dry confection of starch (e.g. rice, soy or barley flour) and sugar, mixed and pressed into a pattern; geese alighting

8

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

2

dried candies; dried confectionary; cookies

1

wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery

1

powdered sugar; icing sugar

3

rice flour

3

red food coloring; red food colouring

4

selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf

1

(husked grains of) rice

2

cocoa powder

1

substitution

2

flour; meal; powder; dust

2

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

2

dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

2

wooden form; wooden model; wooden pattern

1

sweet; sugary

1

chocolate

1

glutton; gourmand

1

breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening

1

common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair

1

to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself

1

pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad

8

it doesn't matter what; anything is fine

1

to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate

1

from the beginning

5

uh-huh; sniff-sniff

1

to be afraid of making mistakes; to fear failing

1

excuse; explanation

1

to become related (through marriage, adoption, etc.); to form a connection (with Buddha)

1

elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge

2

princess; daughter of a nobleman

39

while; during; performed in this condition

1

monocle

4

to get lost; to become lost; to go astray

3

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge

1

to take advantage of (someone's) weakness

1

to encourage; to cheer

1

our country; our land; one's own country

11

imperial family; royalty

11

to be enlivened; to be exhilarated

1